When I ask the question, “How well is my life being my ministry?” I have to grapple with the question of culture. How do I view the culture? Is the culture something totally evil that I must confront and stand against? Or, is the culture something totally good that I must embrace and engage? Trust [...]
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MY LIFE IS MY MINISTRY, PART 3
Posted in Uncategorized on July 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
MY LIFE IS MY MINISTRY, PART 2
Posted in Uncategorized on July 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Does the phrase: “My life is my ministry” confuse you? It is simply another way of saying that I am representing Jesus well everywhere I go. To do that well requires potency and proximity. Potency has to do with my spiritual strength, level of readiness and equipping. Proximity has to do with my closeness to [...]
MY LIFE IS MY MINISTRY, PART 1
Posted in Uncategorized on July 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The main reason we are on the planet is to represent Jesus Christ well. We are His advertisements. We are His hands and feet. We are His mouthpieces. We are His PR Agents. We are His ambassadors. We are His… We are His… The list could go on and on. The bottom line, however, is [...]
THINGS I WISH I’D KNOWN, PART 2
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This Saturday, March 21 is Grace Fellowship’s 16th Birthday. A few weeks ago I began talking about things I wish I’d known sixteen years ago before planting a church. The first one I named was the value of in-depth training. In this post I want to highlight another point that would have made a real [...]
THINGS I WISH I’D KNOWN
Posted in Uncategorized on February 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Grace Fellowship is approaching its sixteenth birthday in March. We launched on March 21, 1993. Wow! That seems like an eternity ago! As we approach another “birthday” I’ve had thoughts lately that I’ve seldom had before. In fact, I don’t remember ever having them. I’ve had the thought, “I’m sort of like a veteran now.” [...]
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND YOU
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The series is off and running! Last weekend we talked about “life working better plugged in”. It was the first in an 8-part series on the Holy Spirit. As anticipated, the questions are coming fast and furious. I was inundated with questions after each service. This subject makes a lot of people nervous. Many, many [...]
A WELL-EXAMINED LIFE
Posted in Uncategorized on December 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
For many years, since I was a teenager, the seven days between Christmas and the start of January has been a special week for me. It usually meant a break from life’s grinding routine (whether school or job), seeing old friends, ball games on TV, family togetherness, great food, and more. Basically, I was still [...]
GOD SWINGS BIG DOORS ON LITTLE HINGES
Posted in Uncategorized on December 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
God swings big doors on little hinges. That has become one of my favorite statements. I’ve seen it happen over and over throughout my own life. Early in 1989 I was scheduled to teach a four-week class in Auburn, New York. But on a last-minute urge I rescheduled myself to teach in Fulton, New [...]
INTEGRITY AND THE MYSTERIOUS WOMAN
Posted in Uncategorized on November 10, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Years ago I heard a story that impressed me so deeply at the time, I’ve never forgotten it. It goes something like this: Lt. John Blanchard was a young soldier stationed at an Army Base in Florida during the first part of WWII. One day he was reading through a book he had borrowed [...]
SALVATION IN THREE PHASES
Posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I have a growing concern about how we view salvation in the evangelical church. Many people see it as simply a transaction that is slick, quick; no fuss, no muss. I pray a little formulaic prayer, get my spiritual barcode, and never think much about it any more since I know that now I will [...]
